156 results about "Arabinoxylan" patented technology

The present invention relates to a nutritional additive comprising arabinoxylans, which beneficially modulates the human intestinal flora. Furthermore, several food and beverage products comprising the additive are provided as well as methods to prepare the said additive.

The invention discloses a novel method for preparing wheat bran dietary fibers by taking wheat bran as a raw material. The wheat bran dietary fibers are dietary fibers enriched with araboxylan and the content is more than 16.08%. The novel method takes the wheat bran as the raw material and sequentially comprises the following process steps: pre-treating the raw material; rapidly extracting with an alkaline solution; carrying out ethanol precipitation; adding water to suspend again and blasting by steam; hydrolyzing compound protease; hydrolyzing compound amylase; carrying out secondary alcohol precipitation; and sieving. The dietary fiber product has high wheat bran dietary fiber yield and dietary fiber purity, and also has high content of araboxylan and high content of soluble dietary fibers; the product has good functional properties including water binding capacity, viscosity and the like, and has a plurality of physiological functions of relaxing bowel, controlling blood glucose, lowering blood fat, adjusting human immunity and preventing colon cancer and the like, so that high-quality raw material guarantees are provided for widely applying the wheat bran dietary fibers to foods.

The present disclosure provides for a scientific formulation useful in the treatment and prevention of human and animal diseases. A biologically effective amount of each of the components of the formulation is administered to patients in pill (or capsule) form via multiple different and identifiable pills. The compounds of the formulation are segregated into different pill types, and contain various amounts of the compounds Curcumin, Genistein, Squalamine, Vitamin E, N-Acetyl-Cysteine, Methylselenocysteine, Zinc Gluconate, B Complex, Lentinen, Coenzyme Q10 Acetyl-L-Carnitine, Lipoic Acid, Resveratrol, and Vitamin C. Furthermore, Arabinoxylan and / or Peperine may be added to the various pill formulations.

The present invention relates to a synbiotic product composition comprising a blend or mixture of a prebiotic carbohydrate and a probiotic spore-forming Bacillus bacteria. Examples of prebiotic carbohydrates useful in synbiotic product include arabinoxylan, arabinoxylan oligosaccharides, xylose, soluble fiber dextrin, soluble corn fiber, and polydextrose. The present invention also relates to human foodstuffs and animal feed comprising such synbiotic products and methods of increasing the titer of spore-forming bacteria in the intestinal tracts of mammals by administration of symbiotic products.

The invention relates to a method of taking bran as raw materials to prepare high-purity low-poly araboxylan and ferulic acid and belongs to the field of biomass comprehensive utilization. According to the invention, the bran of wheat and corns are subjected to efficient pre-processing and an ultrasonic assisted composite enzymolysis is adopted so as to obtain a mixed liquid of the araboxylan and the ferulic acid, and then the mixed liquid flows through absorbent carbon to be subjected to adsorption and separation; the araboxylan solution is subjected to bleaching through the combination of absorbent carbon particles and bleaching resin, and subjected to chromatographic fractionation through a sequential simulated moving bed, so as to obtain the low-poly araboxylan product with oligosaccharide purity higher than 95 percent; and the ferulic acid is subjected to ethanol leaching to obtain the high-purity ferulic acid product. According to the invention, the bran, by-products of grain processing, are taken as raw materials for deep processing and comprehensive utilization, thereby obtaining two products which have high added value, are high in purity and good in functionality; and accordingly, the food raw material utilization rate is effectively improved, and the added value of the deep processing industry of the food is increased.

The present invention relates to a method for increasing in a baked product, after baking, the level of water-soluble arabinoxylan with an average degree of polymerization ranging from 5 to 50, preferably ranging from 5 to 35, more preferably ranging from 5 to 25, said method comprising the steps of:—Preparing a dough for a baked product with flour, a mixture of flours or a mixture of flour (s) with milling fractions having a total arabinoxylan content of at least 2.0%, preferably at least 2.5%, and—Adding to said dough an enzyme preparation comprising at least one thermophilic endoxylanase in an amount at least 2-fold higher, preferably at least 3 to 6 times higher or even 10 times higher than the dose conferring 90% of the maximal bread volume increase obtained by addition of such enzyme preparation to the recipe of said baked product. Advantageously with said method baked products can be obtained that have a level of arabinoxylan of the desired type of at least 1.7%, more preferably at least 1.75%, such as at least 1.8%, 1.9% or 2.0%. The present invention further relates to baked products obtainable by this method, and to an improver and a dough which may be used for the preparation of such products. Baked products according to the invention advantageously have improved health benefits.

The invention provides a wheat-bran dietary fiber composite functional fungus powder product and a preparation process thereof. The wheat-bran dietary fiber composite functional fungus powder product with function of wheat-bran dietary fiber and nutrition and immunity functions of edible fungus polysaccharide is prepared by taking wheat bran as a matrix and adopting solid ferment of edible-medicinal fungus Agaricus blazei suspension in specific conditions. The preparation process uses the wheat bran as the matrix and adopts the solid ferment of the edible-medicinal fungus Agaricus blazei suspension in specific conditions to promote extracellular enzymolysis and nutrition metabolism of fungus Agaricus blazei, digests starch polysaccharide of the wheat bran, degrades macromolecular araboxylan thereof and converts metabolites for producing edible fungus polysaccharides, fungus protein and the like; and the method is simple, has strong operability, is suitable for large-scale production, and has remarkable economic benefit.

The invention provides a feed composition capable of promoting animal growth, comprising a feed carrier and feed additives, wherein the feed additives comprise enzyme composition and traditional Chinese herbal additive, the enzyme composition comprises xylanase, beta-glucanase, beta-mannase, cellulase, amylase, phytase and proteinase, and the traditional Chinese herbal additive comprises codonopsis pilosula, hawthorn, rheum officinale, the root of three-nerved spicebush, Chinese angelica, purslane, astragalus mongholicus, fructus amomi, dried tangerine or orange peel and fennel. The enzyme composition in the feed composition provided by the invention can degrade beta-glucosan, arabinoxylan and other components, and the stickness of intestine in an animal and interception of feed nutrient in cell walls are reduced further, thus the digestibility of the feed in the animal is obviously improved, absorption is promoted; and the traditional Chinese herbal additive components in the feed composition provided by the invention can improve growth rate and fertility of animals and improve the meat flavour of animals.

An improved method for hydrolysis of a grain product results in an increase soluble fiber content without producing undesirable levels of by-products associated protein hydrolysis. The method comprises mixing at high shear a mixture with a grain product having dietary fiber, a base and water at a pH from about 10 to about 13. A homogenous mixture is formed that hydrolyzes following heating with respect to the insoluble fiber. As described herein, a grain product can comprise at least about 30% dietary fiber comprising polysaccharides with arabinoxylan linkages, having at least about 8% soluble fiber, a ratio of soluble fiber to insoluble fiber of at least about 0.1 and no more than about 500 ppm total lysinoalanine. Similarly, some food compositions can comprise at least about 15% soluble fiber with polysaccharides having arabinoxylan linkages, from about 35% to about 65% water, a pH from about 10 to about 13.

The present invention provides nutritional compositions, more particularly food supplements and processed food products, enriched with arabinoxylan-oligosaccharides and further comprising either or both water-unextractable arabinoxylans or water-soluble arabinoxylans. Preferably said nutritional compositions comprises both arabinoxylan-oligosaccharides and water-unextractable arabinoxylans.

The present invention is directed to a particular arabinoxylan (“AX”) preparation and the finding that this preparation has a beneficial effect on the organization of the intestinal microbial community in the lumen and in particular at the site of the gut mucosa, where it modulates the barrier function of the intestinal surface, primarily by modulating the mucosa-associated microbial community towards a relative increase of health beneficial bacteria, such as bifidobacteria and lactobacilli. It is accordingly a first aspect of the present invention to provide said arabinoxylan preparation characterized in comprising isolated water-soluble arabinoxylans and the use thereof to improve functioning (e.g. barrier function) of the intestinal epithelium. Thus, in a further aspect the present invention provides compositions, both pharmaceutical and nutritional compositions, comprising said arabinoxylan preparations; in particular pharmaceuticals, medical foods, food supplements or food compositions, such as infant formula products, dairy products, bakery products or pastry products. The compositions optionally comprise probiotics such as Bifidobacterium or Lactobacillus.

The present invention relates to a process for enzymatic hydrolysis of arabinoxylan, and an enzyme composition suitable for use in such a process.

The invention relates to a method for preparing water soluble mixed ether by using corn bran and wheat bran, wherein the corn bran is the by-product obtained during the preparation of corn starch and the wheat bran is the by-product obtained during the preparation of wheat starch. The invention provides a method for directly synthesizing water soluble mixed ether formed by Arabic xylan ether, cellulose ether, hemicellulose-lignin ether, starch ether and the like by taking the corn bran and the wheat bran as raw materials, solves the problem that the by-products of the corn and wheat processing industry cannot be processed into products with high added values, and widens the application scope of the corn bran and the wheat bran. The preparation of water soluble mixed ether by using the corn bran and the wheat bran is conducted according to the following technological processes that: the corn bran and the wheat bran are crushed into 40-200 mesh powder and water soluble mixed ether is prepared through alkalization or alkaline catalyst activation and etherification in inert organic solvent. The invention has the advantages that protein and fat in the bran can be directly hydrolyzed in the process of alkalization or alkaline catalyst activation and hydrolysate and color are removed in the process of times of mixed ether washing and purification.

The invention discloses a preparation method of araboxylan. The preparation method specifically comprises the following steps: (1) removing starch from wheat bran; (2) obtaining a polysaccharide solution by adopting an alkali extraction method; (3) carrying out deproteinization treatment on the polysaccharide solution; (4) carrying out enzyme treatment and dialysis on the deproteinized polysaccharide solution; (5) carrying out enzymolysis on the dialyzed polysaccharide solution; (6) respectively carrying out alcohol precipitation classification on the polysaccharide solution which is not subjected to enzymolysis and the polysaccharide solution which is subjected to enzymolysis to obtain araboxylan with different molecular weights; and (7) carrying out secondary enzyme treatment and secondary dialysis on araboxylan with different molecular weights. The preparation method is simple and feasible, the utilization rate of the raw material wheat bran can be increased, araboxylan with different fractions can be obtained, the structures are different, the functional effects of reducing blood sugar, resisting oxidation and the like to different extents are achieved, and the medical value ishigh.

The present disclosure provides for a scientific formulation useful in the treatment and prevention of human and animal diseases. A biologically effective amount of each of the components of the formulation is administered to patients in pill (or capsule) form via multiple different and identifiable pills. The compounds of the formulation are segregated into different pill types, and contain various amounts of the compounds Curcumin, Genistein, Squalamine, Vitamin E, N-Acetyl-Cysteine, Methylselenocysteine, Zinc Gluconate, B Complex, Lentinen, Coenzyme Q10 Acetyl-L-Carnitine, Lipoic Acid, Resveratrol, and Vitamin C. Furthermore, Arabinoxylan and / or Peperine may be added to the various pill formulations.

The invention discloses a method for extracting araboxylan from astragalus medicine residues by using ionic liquid. The method comprises the following steps: drying and crushing the astragalus medicine residues; removing starch in astragalus medicine residue powder by using amylase; mixing treated astragalus medicine residue powder and the ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazole nitrate to extract araboxylan; performing cleaning and deproteinization on extracted araboxylan, and finally performing low-temperature freeze drying to obtain glycan powder. The method disclosed by the invention is simple and convenient and easy to operate, can overcome the technical defects of separation and purification of existing araboxylan, and achieves the comprehensive utilization of astragalus medicinal material resources.

The present invention relates to a method for increasing in a baked product, after baking, the level of water-soluble arabinoxylan with an average degree of polymerization ranging from 5 to 50, preferably ranging from 5 to 35, more preferably ranging from 5 to 25, said method comprising the steps of : - Preparing a dough for a baked product with flour, a mixture of flours or a mixture of flour (s) with milling fractions having a total arabinoxylan content of at least 2.0%, preferably at least 2.5%, and - Adding to said dough an enzyme preparation comprising at least one thermophilic endoxylanase in an amount at least 2-fold higher, preferably at least 3 to 6 times higher or even 10 times higher than the dose conferring 90% of the maximal bread volume increase obtained by addition of such enzyme preparation to the recipe of said baked product. Advantageously with said method baked products can be obtained that have a level of arabinoxylan of the desired type of at least 1.7%, more preferably at least 1.75%, such as at least 1.8%, 1.9% or 2.0%. The present invention further relates to baked products obtainable by this method, and to an improver and a dough which may be used for the preparation of such products. Baked products according to the invention advantageously have improved health benefits.

The present invention relates to a brown rice shoot cultivating device which is adapted to artificially germinate brown rice and grow the shoots and is adapted to have a function whereby air and water are autonomously cleaned, and wherein an appropriate environment including the light irradiation time and water supply time is selected such that not only is the shoot growth rate improved but also it is possible to obtain a high content of active components such as arabinoxylan, melatonin and GABA. Also, the invention concerns a technique relating to a cultivation method allowing the cultivation of brown rice shoots for food, without rotting of the germinated brown rice. Again, the present invention relates to a food produced by using the brown rice shoots cultivated by means of the cultivation method. Also, the present invention relates to a method for producing food by using the brown rice shoots cultivated by means of the cultivation method.

The invention discloses a technical method for co-extracting multiple functional components such as protein, phytic acid, araboxylan and the like from wheat starch processing wastewater. The extraction method mainly comprises the following steps of firstly removing insoluble starch particles by a centrifugal process; adjusting the pH value and adding a flocculant to sequentially remove phytic acid and protein; centrifuging the supernate and performing concentration and alcohol precipitation to obtain araboxylan. In the invention, by use of a great quantity of byproduct resources, namely wheat starch wastewater, a method for step extraction to realize comprehensive utilization of the wheat starch wastewater is designed. By popularizing and applying the technology, the environmental protection pressure on an enterprise can be reduced, and higher economic benefits also can be obtained possibly through the extraction of high-value added functional components.

The present invention relates to an okra yogurt and a preparation method therefor, comprising the steps of: adding cooked okra into hawthorn and performing filtering, cutting up aloe vera and adding the cut aloe vera into the filtrate, adding the mixed liquid and saussurea bacteria into fresh milk to produce an okra yogurt by fermentation; adding strawberries into a fermentation liquid for fermentation, finally obtaining by drying, preserved strawberries. The okra yogurt provided by the present invention is unique in flavor, abundant in nutrition and exquisite in taste. The okra yogurt comprises a viscous solution, an arabinoxylan, a galactan and a rhamnose, so as to facilitate digestion, enhance physical strength, protect the liver, invigorate the stomach and regulate the bowels; The okra yogurt comprises vitamin A and carotene, contributing to the retinal health and eyesight maintenance; The okra yogurt is also enriched with trace elements selenium and zinc, and can enhance the ability of the human body in cancer prevention and treatment.

The invention relates to a method of preparing double-network gel by combination of an enzyme method and a thermal treatment. The method includes the steps of: preparing araboxylan by wheat bran as a raw material in an alkali-extraction manner, and fully mixing the araboxylan with a soybean protein isolate solution; treating the mixture with laccase for a certain time and allowing the mixture to stand for a certain time in a water bath pot at constant temperature; and rapidly cooling the mixture to room temperature to prepare wheat bran araboxylan / soybean protein isolate double-network gel. The method employs easy-to-obtained natural and toxic-free raw materials and is low in cost; the double-network gel, compared with general single-network gel, has excellent mechanical performances; the araboxylan is a non-starch polysaccharide and has excellent physiological functions, while the soybean protein isolate contains abundant eight essential amino acids of human body and has the functions and characters which are incomparable with animal proteins, so that the double-network gel has advantages in food processing. The method provides a novel effective approach for applications of edible gel in the fields of foods, medicine embedding and the like.

The invention relates to a method for adjusting and controlling production of butyric acid bacteria in intestines through site-oriented release of arabinose. The method comprises the following steps of enabling chitosan to dissolve in acetic acid to obtain a chitosan solution, and mixing the chitosan solution with a calcium chloride solution under stirring so as to obtain a chitosan and calcium chloride mixed solution; enabling arabinose to dissolve in a sodium alginate solution to obtain sodium alginate and arabinose mixed liquor, sucking the sodium alginate and arabinose mixed liquor by an injector, dropwise adding the sucked sodium alginate and arabinose mixed liquor into the chitosan and calcium chloride mixed solution, and then collecting generated microspheres; and preparing an araboxylan and sodium alginate mixed solution, then adding laccase, performing uniform mixing, adding the prepared microspheres to obtain mixed liquor, dripping the mixed liquor into the calcium chloride solution by an injector, and collecting obtained arabinose-embedded microcapsule granules. According to the method disclosed by the invention, site-oriented release of the arabinose in the intestines is realized, consumption of the arabinose in gastric juice is reduced, and the physiological function of the arabinose for promoting the growth of butyric acid bacteria and restraining the growth of harmful pathogenic bacteria can be notably improved.

The invention discloses a method for extracting active polysaccharide-araboxylan from wheat bran through a compound solvent. The extraction method mainly comprises the following steps: the wheat bran is mildly hydrolyzed and preprocessed by a weak acid (citric acid); the target polysaccharide is extracted through a strong alkali (KOH); the extracting solution is centrifugated, neutralized, concentrated and subjected to ethanol precipitation; the ethanol precipitate is dried to obtain the target polysaccharide. The centrifuged supernate of the ethanol precipitate is concentrated and dried, and then can be used as an agricultural compound fertilizer for comprehensive utilization. According to the invention, a large quantity of the byproduct resource, namely the wheat bran is utilized, and the compound solvent is designed to extract the biological active polysaccharide, namely the araboxylan. Compared with the traditional alkali method, the extraction method improves the working efficiency, and reduces the environmental protection pressure. Animal experiments prove that the polysaccharide has prominent immunoregulatory activity, and the effect is comparable to that of lentinan. According to the target polysaccharide provided in the invention, the raw material is low in cost and rich, and the extraction method is environment-friendly, so that the industrialization development of the polysaccharide is promising in the future.

The invention provides a preparation method of rice bran flour with a high anti-oxidization property, and belongs to the technical field of food processing. The preparation method comprises the following steps: after carrying out screening and crude crushing treatment on a rice bran raw material, degreasing by adopting n-hexane to obtain degreased rice bran; carrying out enzymolysis or fermentation on the degreased rice bran; or fermenting and then carrying out the enzymolysis for modifying; then carrying out high-pressure steam sterilization; carrying out freeze-drying and crushing, thus obtaining the rice bran flour with the high anti-oxidization property. According to the preparation method provided by the invention, the degreased rice bran is modified through the enzymolysis and fermentation and a method combining the fermentation and the enzymolysis; the enzymolysis is carried out on the rice bran by adopting cellulase and xylanase; dietary fibers in the rice bran are used as a substrate through the effect of the enzymolysis, so that a bound state phenol type substance which is combined with cellulose and araboxlycan is released; saccharomycetes and lactic acid bacteria ferment the rice bran, sugars and protein in the rice bran are used by microorganisms, thus bound state phenol, combined with cellulose and araboxlycan, in the rice bran is released, the content of solublepolyphenols is improved, and the bioavailability is improved. The preparation method provided by the invention adopts a simple technology and is applicable to large-scale popularization, application and production.

The invention discloses a making method for improving baking quality of whole wheat bread. According to the making method, wheat is subjected to germination treatment, endo-beta-(1,4)-D-xylanase in wheat germs is used for degrading araboxylan, so that the molecular weight of the araboxylan in the whole wheat flour is effectively reduced, the AX water binding capacity is reduced, water is transferred to mucedin, the wheat mucedin forms a network structure through water absorption, and the size of the bread can sufficiently expand in the processes of bread fermentation and baking; and therefore, the mouth feel and the quality of the whole wheat bread are improved, and the made whole wheat bread not only has good mouth feel and flavor but also has nutritive health-care effects.

A process of forming a refrigerated dough is described. The process comprises admixing cereal flour and water with a protein that can reduce or prevent the enzymatic degradation of arabinoxylan present in the cereal flour.

The invention relates to an anti-freeze fresh-keeping agent for frozen aquatic products and belongs to the technical field of aquatic product processing. The anti-freeze fresh-keeping agent includes,by weight, 3.5-5.5 parts of araboxylan, 2.0-4.0 parts of alginate-derived oligosaccharides, 2.5-6.0 parts of modified soya bean protein powder, 0.15-0.3 parts of agar powder, 0.25-0.4 parts of alkaline phosphate, and 83.8-91.6 parts of water. The anti-freeze fresh-keeping agent is healthy and safe, has good fresh-keeping effect, can effectively alleviate defreezing loss of the frozen aquatic products, and improves texture properties and sensory quality of the frozen aquatic products.

This invention provides beers with increased amounts of soluble arabinoxylans having an average degree of polymerisation (DP) below 50 for improving or significantly altering their mouthfeel. This invention also provides methods for enriching a wort or beer with such soluble arabinoxylans during the brewing process.

Disclosed is a process that uses selective enzymes from microbial or plant sources to facilitate the extraction of hemicellulose. Selective removal of acetate using acetyl xylan esterase (E.C.3.1.1.6) under conditions that will not hydrolyse the feruoylate esters. This treatment renders the arabinoxylan ferulate soluble under mild aqueous conditions without the use of harsh alkalis. Arabinoxylan ferulate is extracted intact and subsequently the level of ferulic acid can be controlled to give the degree of crosslinking required by treatment of the soluble arabinoxylan ferulate with ferulic acid esterase.